Noam Murro to direct 300 prequel Battle Of Artemisia

*Noam Murro will direct the _300_ prequel, officially titled _300:
Battle Of Artemisia_, for Warner Bros.*

Murro's only feature credit to date is indie drama _Smart People_, but
he is also attached to _Die Hard 5_, so the powers that be are
obviously confident that he can handle action.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros deliberated between
Murro and Jaum Collet-Serra (_Unknown_) for the gig, before opting to
hand the _Akira_ remake to the latter.

A _300_ spin-off has been mooted ever since Zack Snyder's Frank Miller
adaptation took mega-bucks at the box office

Miller is thought to be readying a prequel to his comic book series,
which is expected to be released at some point this year. It was going
to be called _Xerxes_, but as the film has dropped that title, it
wouldn't surprise us if the book followed suit.

Xerxes will come to the forefront in the new movie, as he leads the
Persian army against an Athenian warlord.

Snyder was once set to direct the prequel, but it seems his _Man Of
Steel_ commitments are now prohibiting that. Snyder wrote the script
with _300_'s Kurt Johnstad.

There's currently no word on an expected release date.

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